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Both states are absolutely crushing it in financial standings. Check out where they fall on the list.

I wish I had a nickel for every pre-approved credit offer that arrives in my Missouri mailbox. If you're received them and then been denied credit, you might be entitled to money as part of a settlement just announced by the federal government.

The debt picture is worrisome nationwide, but some areas have bigger payment problems than others according to WalletHub’s report on the Cities with the Most & Least Credit Card Debt.

With the exception being mortgages, student loans make up the largest component of household debt for Americans. And our collective debt keeps growing.

There was a lot of discussion yesterday (with a lot more coming in the future) about Illinois' credit this week after Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings downgraded Illinois credit rating to near junk status. The next part of the discussion will be what effect the downgrade will have on Illinois' jobs market.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The threat of a credit downgrade isn't going to move Gov. Bruce Rauner to raise income taxes. The budget impasse has already claimed the credit rating of the state-supported corporation which runs Chicago's McCormick Place and Navy Pier, since the legislature didn't appropriate the money needed for a required monthly $20...